Rangers missed the chance to go second in the Scottish Premiership as they were held to a draw at bottom side Ross County.

In a first half littered with errors, Clint Hill rose unopposed to head the visitors in front from an eighth-minute corner.

Andrew Davies then levelled in almost identical fashion.

Liam Boyce shot wide for County late on, with Rangers' James Tavernier drilling into the side-netting.

Rangers nudge above Hearts into third place, while the Staggies close to within a point of Dundee.

County's run without a win extends to 10 games and, while Jim McIntyre's men will take confidence from their showing, there remains room for improvement in defence.

The same applies to Rangers, who had chances to stretch their lead before County's equaliser.

The opening goal came from a cheaply conceded corner, from which no-one picked up Hill and the veteran defender powered in a header.

County responded with Davies seeing his header kicked off the line in what was an unheeded warning for Rangers.

The Dingwall defence continued to creak, with a Marcus Fraser slip allowing Joe Garner in, but the striker hesitated for too long.

Rangers then engineered a four-on-two situation on the counter-attack and, when Lee Wallace played in Kenny Miller, a second goal looked inevitable but his effort hit the side-netting.

County always looked promising going forward and were given encouragement by some poor distribution from visiting goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.

The equaliser appeared to be straight off the training ground. From a corner, everyone raced to the front post, defenders were blocked and Davies peeled away to the back, where Chris Burke's inch-perfect delivery arrived.

The calamitous defending continued when Tavernier inexplicably played the ball back, Boyce almost nipped in, and Foderingham clearly handled to get himself out of trouble. However, the incident went unpunished to the fury of the Staggies bench.